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ArticleBMC public health2020

Mind the gaps: age and cause specific mortality and life expectancy in the older population of South Korea and Japan.

Myunggu Jung, Woorim Ko, William Muhwava, Yeohee Choi, Hanna Kim, Young Su Park, Gizachew Balew Jambere, Youngtae Cho

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Article in BMC public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Myunggu JungFaculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Woorim KoDepartment of Public Health Science, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
William MuhwavaAfrican Centre for Statistics, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Yeohee ChoiDepartment of Social Welfare, Graduate School of Social Welfare, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.
Hanna KimDepartment of Public Health Science, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
Young Su ParkDepartment of Anthropology, University College London, London, UK.
Gizachew Balew JambereEngenderHealth-Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Youngtae ChoDepartment of Public Health Science, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. youngtae@snu.ac.kr.
Seoul National University · KREwha Womans University · KRLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBUnited Nations Economic Commission for Africa · ETUniversity College London · GB

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea No.21B20151213037, 2017R1C1B1004892
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecent life expectancy gains in high-income Asia-pacific countries have been largely the result of postponement of death from non-communicable diseases in old age, causing rapid demographic ageing. This study compared and quantified age- and cause-specific contributions to changes in old-age life expectancy in two high-income Asia-pacific countries with ageing populations, South Korea and Japan.

methodsThis study used Pollard's actuarial method of decomposing life expectancy to compare age- and cause-specific contributions to changes in old-age life expectancy between South Korea and Japan during 1997 and 2017.

resultsSouth Korea experienced rapid population ageing, and the gaps in life expectancy at 60 years old between South Korea and Japan were reduced by 2.47 years during 1997 and 2017. Decomposition analysis showed that mortality reductions from non-communicable diseases in South Korea were the leading causes of death contributing to the decreased gaps in old-age life expectancy between the two countries. More specifically, mortality reductions from cardiovascular diseases (stroke, ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease) and cancers (stomach, liver, lung, pancreatic cancers) in South Korea contributed to the decreased gap by 1.34 and 0.41 years, respectively. However, increased mortality from Alzheimer and dementia, lower respiratory tract disease, self-harm and falls in South Korea widened the gaps by 0.41 years.

conclusionsAge- and cause- specific contributions to changes in old-age life expectancy can differ between high-income Asia-pacific countries. Although the gaps in old-age life expectancy between high-income Asia-pacific countries are primarily attributed to mortality changes in non-communicable diseases, these countries should also identify potential emerging threats of communicable diseases and injuries along with demographic ageing in pursuit of healthy life years in old age.

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